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arithmetic has to matter at some point, as bill clinton has said. she would cut taxes by $4.1 trillion and cut spending by $360 billion. should cut taxes by 12 times the rate should cut spending. that's why the university of connecticut says it's a recipe for disaster on the deficit. >> your campaign has talked a great deal about middle-class tax cuts. not so much about poverty or issues of economic inequality. connecticut is obviously a really wealthy state. a recent report noted that half of all children live in poverty. bridgeport, new haven, waterbury are not that far behind. what is your campaign doing to address poverty issues? are there any party programs that are off-limits from budget cuts? -- any poverty programs off limits from budget cuts? >> i absolutely believe we have to have a safety net in place to take care of those people who can't take care of themselves. they did not opt to be in this situation. many of them are struggling. we are a benevolent nation that we want to take care of those who can't take care of themselves. however,
arithmetic has to matter at some point, as bill clinton has said. she would cut taxes by $4.1 trillion and cut spending by $360 billion. should cut taxes by 12 times the rate should cut spending. that's why the university of connecticut says it's a recipe for disaster on the deficit. >> your campaign has talked a great deal about middle-class tax cuts. not so much about poverty or issues of economic inequality. connecticut is obviously a really wealthy state. a recent report noted that...
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arithmetic test to matter at some point, as bill clinton has said it bit convention. she would cut taxes by $4.1 trillion and cut spending by $360 billion. should cut taxes by 12 times the rate should cut spending. that's why the university of connecticut says it's a recipe for disaster on the deficit. >> your campaign has talked a great deal about middle-class tax cuts. not so much about poverty or issues of economic inequality. connecticut is a very well the state but our state capital, a recent report noted half of all children live in poverty. bridgeport, new haven, waterbury are not that far behind. what is your campaign doing to address poverty issues? are there any party programs that are off-limits from budget cuts? -- any poverty programs off limits from budget cuts? >> i absolutely believe we have to have a safety net in place to take care of those people who can't take care of themselves. they did not opt to be in this situation. we are a benevolent nation that we want to take care of those who can't take care of themselves. however, i think the best way ou
arithmetic test to matter at some point, as bill clinton has said it bit convention. she would cut taxes by $4.1 trillion and cut spending by $360 billion. should cut taxes by 12 times the rate should cut spending. that's why the university of connecticut says it's a recipe for disaster on the deficit. >> your campaign has talked a great deal about middle-class tax cuts. not so much about poverty or issues of economic inequality. connecticut is a very well the state but our state capital,...
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from there, president clinton tapped him to be white house chief of staff. as directer of central intelligence, leon pa panetta me many critical decisions, but more recently, one particularly outstanding, and a public contribution to the defense of the united states of america, and to our very own new york city. he oversaw the successful and daring mission that ended the life of one osama bin laden. [applause] thank you, mr. secretary. the persistence, courage, and tenacity required to accomplish this reminds me of a quote from president kennedy. let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill, we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to sure the survival and the success of our liberties. as secretary panetta would later say, "no one attacks the united states and gets away with it." [applause] so since july 20 # 11, leian panetta served as the nation's secretary of defense. he's dedicated his life to public service. i would be remiss, however, if i did not mention the ten years he has spent co-dir
from there, president clinton tapped him to be white house chief of staff. as directer of central intelligence, leon pa panetta me many critical decisions, but more recently, one particularly outstanding, and a public contribution to the defense of the united states of america, and to our very own new york city. he oversaw the successful and daring mission that ended the life of one osama bin laden. [applause] thank you, mr. secretary. the persistence, courage, and tenacity required to...
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the catalyst to change led by president clinton, obviously. i understand what it is like to be a single parent. when my wife and daughter died and my sue sons were gravely injured, i understand what it is like as a parent to wonder if your kid is going to make it. i understand what it is like to sit around the table with a father who says, i have to leave. when we get enough money, we'll bring you down. i understand what it is like. i am much better off than most americans now. i get a good salary in the united states senate. i have a good house. it is a total investment that i have. the notion that somehow because i'm a man i don't know what it is like to raise two children alone. i know what it is like to have a child you are not sure is going to make it. i understand. i understand. as well, with all due respect, as the governor or anyone else, what it is like for those people sitting around that kitchen table. guess what, they are looking for help. they are not looking for more of the same. >> governor, people aren't looking for more of the
the catalyst to change led by president clinton, obviously. i understand what it is like to be a single parent. when my wife and daughter died and my sue sons were gravely injured, i understand what it is like as a parent to wonder if your kid is going to make it. i understand what it is like to sit around the table with a father who says, i have to leave. when we get enough money, we'll bring you down. i understand what it is like. i am much better off than most americans now. i get a good...
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good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to ask about the comments that president clinton made moderate mitt do you believe that romney has tacked to the center over the last few weeks? >> i think he wants to be president of 100% of all of the people in the united states. he has to address concerns to more moderate people that he has that sensitivity. i think he proved that as governor of massachusetts. >> do you think he had waited too long to do that? >> that's the way we have to go. and i looked at what he did in massachusetts. he went across the aisle, went with the legislature that was 87% democrat and got things done. and i think he has to prove that to the american people, i think if he's going to win, he's got the republicans. if he has to win the middle. and he has to go out and talk about how he can bring this country together and get things done. >> there wasn't lots of time to responder how you forged these alliances. to lot the undermining of the administration which is kind of unthinkable given the times we were in. it was a time of national emergency but nonetheless, that
good morning. >> good morning. >> i want to ask about the comments that president clinton made moderate mitt do you believe that romney has tacked to the center over the last few weeks? >> i think he wants to be president of 100% of all of the people in the united states. he has to address concerns to more moderate people that he has that sensitivity. i think he proved that as governor of massachusetts. >> do you think he had waited too long to do that? >> that's...
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it reminds me of one president clinton was running for reelection. i am telling my kids you are not supposed to use this word, but they hated him. it blinded them. they wound up making some bad decisions. bob dole campaign was hexed from the start. i think they are more motivated in their desire to see president obama removed. i think they have managed to do a better job of focusing their energy in a positive way. given his quirks and inability to relate to a earthlings, as it often seems like he is trying to do, he should not be doing well. given the fact we have the bad economy, crushing debt, and problems abroad, he is coming off as a tactician who says he will fix these problems. he is doing well. people on the far right are happy with that. host: william joins us from texas. caller: i am so happy to get through. this is my first time. if mitt romney were president and he went to war, would you have your kids go to war with him? guest: i think mitt romney will have to make that case and prove he is able to make large decisions on that level of po
it reminds me of one president clinton was running for reelection. i am telling my kids you are not supposed to use this word, but they hated him. it blinded them. they wound up making some bad decisions. bob dole campaign was hexed from the start. i think they are more motivated in their desire to see president obama removed. i think they have managed to do a better job of focusing their energy in a positive way. given his quirks and inability to relate to a earthlings, as it often seems like...
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arithmetic test to matter at some point, as bill clinton has said it bit convention. she would cut taxes by $4.1 trillion and cut spending by $360 billion. should cut taxes by 12 times the rate should cut spending. that's why the university of connecticut says it's a recipe for disaster on the deficit. >> your campaign has talked a great deal about middle-class tax cuts. not so much about poverty or issues of economic inequality. connecticut is a very well the state but our state capital, a recent report noted half of all children live in poverty. bridgeport, new haven, waterbury are not that far behind. what is your campaign doing to address poverty issues? are there any party programs that are off-limits from budget cuts? -- any poverty programs off limits from budget cuts? >> i absolutely believe we have to have a safety net in place to take care of those people who can't take care of themselves. they did not opt to be in this situation. we are a benevolent nation that we want to take care of those who can't take care of themselves. however, i think the best way ou
arithmetic test to matter at some point, as bill clinton has said it bit convention. she would cut taxes by $4.1 trillion and cut spending by $360 billion. should cut taxes by 12 times the rate should cut spending. that's why the university of connecticut says it's a recipe for disaster on the deficit. >> your campaign has talked a great deal about middle-class tax cuts. not so much about poverty or issues of economic inequality. connecticut is a very well the state but our state capital,...
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it's three times bigger than what president clinton proposed. the senate budget committee -- >> three times -- excuse me, three times bigger than what president clinton proposed? >> that was in an ad, jim, that was knocked down by the journalists who analyzed the ad and said it was misleading. >> my turn? >> yes, sir. >> forget the journalists. he proposed more than walter mondale and michael dukakis combined. this is a big spender. and he ought to be proud of it, it's part of his record. we jt ha aifferent philosophy. let me talk about tax relief. if you pay taxes, you ought to get tax relief. the vi president believes only the right people ought to get tax relief. i don't think that's the role of the president to pick you're right and you're not right. i think if you're going to have tax relief, everybody ought to get it. and therefore, wealthy peoe are going to get it. but the top 1% will end up paying one-third of the taxes america and they get one- fifth of the benefits. and that's because we structured the plan so that six million addition
it's three times bigger than what president clinton proposed. the senate budget committee -- >> three times -- excuse me, three times bigger than what president clinton proposed? >> that was in an ad, jim, that was knocked down by the journalists who analyzed the ad and said it was misleading. >> my turn? >> yes, sir. >> forget the journalists. he proposed more than walter mondale and michael dukakis combined. this is a big spender. and he ought to be proud of it,...
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then george bush, bill clinton and ross perot. carper shares at 7:00 eastern. >> today on our facebook page, we are asking what is your favorite moments from a presidential town hall debate. join the discussion and see what others are saying. >> mary bono mack and democratic challenger raul ruiz face off in their only televised debate in the california's 36 congressional debate. the debate is moderated by the desert sun and kmir 6. this is an hour. >> good evening. welcome to this special decision 2012 by white and blue coverage of the 36th congressional district debate between congress woman mary bono mack and dr. raul ruiz. tonight's debate is presented by kmir 6 and the desteert sun. before getting down to business, keep in mind this is the first and only televised debate -- the pre -- debate between the candidates. i will be acting as your moderator. on the panel is a political correspondent for "the desert sun." my co-anchor has been reporting for 8 years now. there will be asking tough questions tonight while i try to keep t
then george bush, bill clinton and ross perot. carper shares at 7:00 eastern. >> today on our facebook page, we are asking what is your favorite moments from a presidential town hall debate. join the discussion and see what others are saying. >> mary bono mack and democratic challenger raul ruiz face off in their only televised debate in the california's 36 congressional debate. the debate is moderated by the desert sun and kmir 6. this is an hour. >> good evening. welcome to...
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it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this says let's see if we can get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better policy is a quality. i believe in competition. >> every study has shown matters here -- medicare has the word administrative cost. this is why seniors are generally happy with it. private insurers have to make a profit. that is what they do. you have higher administrative costs plus profit on top of that. if you were going to save any money to what governor romney is proposing, what has to happen is that the money has to come from somewhere. when you move to a voucher system, you are putting seniors at the mercy of those insurance companies. over time, if traditional medicare has decayed, they are stuck. this is why aarp has said your plan would begin medicare substantially. that is why they were supportive of the approach we took. we do have to lower the cost of health care. >> we will talk about that in a minute. >> overall. >> that is a big top
it came from bill clinton's chief of staff. this says let's see if we can get competition into the medicare world so people can get the choice of different plans at lower cost, better policy is a quality. i believe in competition. >> every study has shown matters here -- medicare has the word administrative cost. this is why seniors are generally happy with it. private insurers have to make a profit. that is what they do. you have higher administrative costs plus profit on top of that. if...
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it's three times bigger than what president clinton proposed. the senate budget committee -- >> three times -- excuse me, three times bigger than what president clinton proposed? >> that was in an ad, jim, that was knocked down by the journalists who analyzed the ad and said it was misleading. >> my turn? >> yes, sir. >> forget the journalists. he proposed more than walter mondale and michael dukakis combined. this is a big spender. and he ought to be proud of it, it's part of his record. we just have a different philosophy. let me talk about tax relief. if you pay taxes, you ought to get tax relief. the vice president believes only the right people ought to get tax relief. i don't think that's the role of the president to pick you're right and you're not right. i think if you're going to have tax relief, everybody ought to get it. and therefore, wealthy people are going to get it. but the top 1% will end up paying one-third of the taxes in america and they get one- fifth of the benefits. and that's because we structured the plan so that six mil
it's three times bigger than what president clinton proposed. the senate budget committee -- >> three times -- excuse me, three times bigger than what president clinton proposed? >> that was in an ad, jim, that was knocked down by the journalists who analyzed the ad and said it was misleading. >> my turn? >> yes, sir. >> forget the journalists. he proposed more than walter mondale and michael dukakis combined. this is a big spender. and he ought to be proud of it,...
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arithmetic, as president clinton said. the reality is that any past or on tax reform that promises to cut rates will either end up failing to reduce the deficit or failing to protect the middle class from a net tax increase. you can, at most, achieved two of these goals. anyone pushing a plan purporting to accomplish all three is not telling the truth. the sooner we are honest with ourselves about this, the easier it will be to negotiate an actual compromise on taxes and on deficit reduction. in 1986, we chose to cut the top rate and protect the middle class. we did not seek to reduce the deficit. simpson-bowles seeks to cut the top rate and reduce the deficit but did not shield the middle class. we need a third approach that project -- prioritizes reducing the deficit and protecting the middle class and is willing to forgo a reduction in the top rate and that is what i am proposing today. what should this proposal look like? it would have three principles -- first, as in 1986, it still makes sense to reduce the number of
arithmetic, as president clinton said. the reality is that any past or on tax reform that promises to cut rates will either end up failing to reduce the deficit or failing to protect the middle class from a net tax increase. you can, at most, achieved two of these goals. anyone pushing a plan purporting to accomplish all three is not telling the truth. the sooner we are honest with ourselves about this, the easier it will be to negotiate an actual compromise on taxes and on deficit reduction....
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bush, he went and said that bill clinton was absolutely and completely wrong. he personalized our relationship with russia. that is a disaster and i'm going to be a realist and i am going to think about america and we will have a whole new idea. he looked into his eyes, vladimir putin and said [inaudible] defense collide. inbox changes. barack obama said he's going to sit down and negotiate with our enemies as well as her friends. and who outlined the new policy of engagement. reality simply did not permit it. he is running on many of the supporters of barack obama of 2008. >> host: here is the latest cover of who won the great recession. we will talk more about that this morning in a few moments. but first, here's a question coming in from tony on twitter. should a new approach be tried. for your answer, would share with the audience, one of your jobs as a co-chief along with your husband, peter baker, as part of the region of the world that you know well. >> guest: yes, we were there during vladimir putin's first term in office. and we got to see the shaping
bush, he went and said that bill clinton was absolutely and completely wrong. he personalized our relationship with russia. that is a disaster and i'm going to be a realist and i am going to think about america and we will have a whole new idea. he looked into his eyes, vladimir putin and said [inaudible] defense collide. inbox changes. barack obama said he's going to sit down and negotiate with our enemies as well as her friends. and who outlined the new policy of engagement. reality simply...
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medical leave act back in february 1993 the very first act they did as president is now states, bill clinton signed into law the family and medical leave act. rick santorum and i, pennsylvania, wrote the legislation dealing with -- lamar alexander and i worked on allergy legislation together. premature birth, and the screen, afterschool programs. the point i want to make, i mentioned these names is because it wasn't that long ago that the republicans and democrats worked together on these issues. and it ought to be that way again. this is not a partisan battle. who cares about children is willing to stand up and come together. this ought not be an issue by going blue states and red states, people decided to want to make a difference in the lives of children. so we made a great deal of progress. at face children and families during those years. and as i prepare to leave the senate after announcing my retirement to 2010, i decide to take a look back on the work that had been done and to determine what would still be needed for children and families to do better. so we held a number of hearings
medical leave act back in february 1993 the very first act they did as president is now states, bill clinton signed into law the family and medical leave act. rick santorum and i, pennsylvania, wrote the legislation dealing with -- lamar alexander and i worked on allergy legislation together. premature birth, and the screen, afterschool programs. the point i want to make, i mentioned these names is because it wasn't that long ago that the republicans and democrats worked together on these...
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one episode of interest is the clinton era debt buyback program which in many ways was aal gas to an lsap. between -- analagous to an lsap. the treasury purchased bonds with a face value of 63.5 billion which was then 10% of outstanding stock of treasury securities. much as with an lsap this repurchase program appeared to have a powerful negative effect with long-term rates falling sharply relative to short-term rates. in contrast to what we have seen with lsaps thus far, it was also associated with what appear to be a quite pronounced increase in treasury specific scarcity. one way this scarcity manifested itself at the time was a widening, this is a little bit of a techie thing, a widening in something called the treasury swap spread which rose to something like 120 to 130 basis points in the spring of 2000. we have not seen anything like that in the current environment. so the lesson i just want to highlight is that we should continue to develop and monitor a variety of metrics of the scarcity phenomenon because they may be helpful on a going forward basis in terms of providing an
one episode of interest is the clinton era debt buyback program which in many ways was aal gas to an lsap. between -- analagous to an lsap. the treasury purchased bonds with a face value of 63.5 billion which was then 10% of outstanding stock of treasury securities. much as with an lsap this repurchase program appeared to have a powerful negative effect with long-term rates falling sharply relative to short-term rates. in contrast to what we have seen with lsaps thus far, it was also associated...
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hillary clinton went to russia to try to convince him not to do so. she said they are on the wrong side of history. she is right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, and has been over one year, the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, more fighters are spilling into the country. the longer this is going on, the more groups like al qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified a free syrian army working with our allies, the turks, had we had a better plan in place to begin with working through our allies. we waited to try to come up with an agreement with the un, that bought assad time. meanwhile, 30,000 syrians are dead. >> what would my friend do differently? if you notice he never asks -- he never answers a question differently. >> you do not go through the un. >> we have been in the process for months making sure humanitarian aid and other training is getting through to those forces we believe, the turks believe, the jordanians believe, the saudis believe are the free forces inside of syria.
hillary clinton went to russia to try to convince him not to do so. she said they are on the wrong side of history. she is right about that. where are we? after international pressure mounted, and has been over one year, the man has slaughtered tens of thousands of his own people, more fighters are spilling into the country. the longer this is going on, the more groups like al qaeda are going in. we could have more easily identified a free syrian army working with our allies, the turks, had we...
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john leboutillier, and form pollster for president carter, pat caddell, and former pollster for bill clinton, doug schoen. is romney the frontrunner? >>doug: it is moving that way. he has the momentum but we need tuesday night and a good debate performance for that to be confirmed. right now the race is too close to call. >>gregg: pat, the reuters poll came up obama leading romney 59 to 39 among early voters. >> this is an online poll. it is a small number of people but it is being hyped today by a lot news organization who have stopped during -- doing their state polls now that obama is not doing so well. clearly the obama campaign is better organized and we do not know what it means in florida and north carolina, where we know the numbers on absentee ballots and republicans have more than democrats in that situation. >>gregg: now the real clear politics poll average, governor romney is ahead by roughly three points. boy, the trend line was in the opposite direction not long ago. >> what has happened, the first presidential debate is what caused a bigger explosion than that guy breaking the
john leboutillier, and form pollster for president carter, pat caddell, and former pollster for bill clinton, doug schoen. is romney the frontrunner? >>doug: it is moving that way. he has the momentum but we need tuesday night and a good debate performance for that to be confirmed. right now the race is too close to call. >>gregg: pat, the reuters poll came up obama leading romney 59 to 39 among early voters. >> this is an online poll. it is a small number of people but it is...
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bush, bill clinton, and ross perot. next tuesday, watch president obama and mitt romney in their town hall debate. coverage starts at 7:00. >> in arizona, a debate wednesday night for the seat of john kyl. this debate is courtesy arizona pbs. it is about an hour. >> it is the first debate between candidates for the seat vacated by jon kyl. this is an open exchange of ideas, an opportunity for give- and-take between candidates for one of the state's most important offices. as such, interactions are allowed, provided that all sides get a fair shake and we will do our best to see that that happens. >> thanks, ted. i am happy to be with you and my colleagues. this is an opportunity -- the fact of the matter is is that over a year ago when my colleagues first approached me, the cops, the firemen and ems personnel, and said there is an open seat, you should run. the first thing i said, is i will run as far away from washington as i can. i have been there. i was not sure i wanted to go back to the dysfunction. the more i thoug
bush, bill clinton, and ross perot. next tuesday, watch president obama and mitt romney in their town hall debate. coverage starts at 7:00. >> in arizona, a debate wednesday night for the seat of john kyl. this debate is courtesy arizona pbs. it is about an hour. >> it is the first debate between candidates for the seat vacated by jon kyl. this is an open exchange of ideas, an opportunity for give- and-take between candidates for one of the state's most important offices. as such,...
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there, he made the difference, because the issue of fiscal responsibility became a top priority to the clinton administration. they took a number of steps to restore fiscal sanity. we had four years of unified surpluses, but we have lost our way since then. it started in 2003. that is when i spoke out at the national press club, and if has only gotten worse since. he is reiterating with his book, with new updated charts, and we are trying to help make sure the public has the facts, and can be involved in solving this problem. >> they are the key to the solution, because they are the voters. >> do you plan to be out there frequently, in terms of your involvement with the comeback america initiative, but also when the book comes out, will you take a full book tour? >> i do not have anything planned. we will have to plan something for the book. >> you are not reticent to get out there? a couple times to they use it for somebody to take on the talents that you took on, they would have to have thick skin, and you talk about how other politicians and the media will come after somebody like that. you
there, he made the difference, because the issue of fiscal responsibility became a top priority to the clinton administration. they took a number of steps to restore fiscal sanity. we had four years of unified surpluses, but we have lost our way since then. it started in 2003. that is when i spoke out at the national press club, and if has only gotten worse since. he is reiterating with his book, with new updated charts, and we are trying to help make sure the public has the facts, and can be...
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. ♪ ♪ >> i want to ask you flat out, do you think president clinton's an honest man? >> yes, i think he's an honest man. >> do you really? even though he lied to jim lehrer's face -- >> who among us has not lied about something? i think you can be an honest and lie about any number of things. ♪ ♪ >> somebody, i don't know -- [inaudible] it's a dumb ass thing he's doing. you know, i've been a dumb ass all my life. >> dan rather! all right. let it, let it waffle, let it waffle. that's only one, only one. we've got three more. our second finalist is arguably the most pretend white house of the lot. -- pretend white house of the lot. a man who oozes arrogance, the kind of grandiose self-importance borne of so many years struggling in the trenches reading sports scores on a teleprompter. yes, bryant gumbel, you have always been a pompous ass. roll the tape. ♪ ♪ >> largely as a result of the policies and priorities of the reagan administration, more people are becoming poor and staying poor in this country than in any time since world war #-r. >> welcome today, a da
. ♪ ♪ >> i want to ask you flat out, do you think president clinton's an honest man? >> yes, i think he's an honest man. >> do you really? even though he lied to jim lehrer's face -- >> who among us has not lied about something? i think you can be an honest and lie about any number of things. ♪ ♪ >> somebody, i don't know -- [inaudible] it's a dumb ass thing he's doing. you know, i've been a dumb ass all my life. >> dan rather! all right. let it, let...
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governor clinton, you wanted one brief point --- >> one brief point. we have elections so people can make decisions about this. the point i want to make to you is a bipartisan commission reviewed my plan and the bush plan and concluded -- there were as many republicans as democratic health care experts on it -- they concluded that my play would cover everybody and his would leave two -- 27 million behind by the year 2000. and that my plan in the next 12 years would save $2.2 trillion in public and private money to reinvest in this economy. and the average family would save $1,200 a year under the plan that i offered without any erosion in the quality of health care. so i ask you to look at that. and you have to vote for somebody with a plan. that's what you have elections for. if people say, well, he got elected to do this and then the congress says, o.k., i'm doing to do it -- that's what the election was about. >> brief, governor clinton, thank you. we have a question right here. touched by the economy q: yes. how has the national debt personally aff
governor clinton, you wanted one brief point --- >> one brief point. we have elections so people can make decisions about this. the point i want to make to you is a bipartisan commission reviewed my plan and the bush plan and concluded -- there were as many republicans as democratic health care experts on it -- they concluded that my play would cover everybody and his would leave two -- 27 million behind by the year 2000. and that my plan in the next 12 years would save $2.2 trillion in...
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i am not sure yet, but romney seems to be more moderate and centrist, like clinton was. clinton was a good president, not counting the personal dalliances which did not mean anything anyway. i am going to vote for romney and it might be different. host: that you, george. the vice presidential candidates debate this week on thursday, but there are two more presidential debates coming up, and here they are, october 16, a town hall type debate. finally, october 22, at lynn university, in florida. that one will be focused on foreign policy. rick in maryland, independent line. what did you think of mitt romney's speech on foreign policy from the virginia military institute? caller: good morning. thank you for accepting my call. i thought it was a lot like the george bush's policies, did not make very much sense. i spent 19 months in iraq, and i listened to the story line they had us there, and it did not sound good then, it does not sound good now. i made money. he seems to be promoting the same thing, and i'm scared. i mean, it does not do anything to put us back in the driv
i am not sure yet, but romney seems to be more moderate and centrist, like clinton was. clinton was a good president, not counting the personal dalliances which did not mean anything anyway. i am going to vote for romney and it might be different. host: that you, george. the vice presidential candidates debate this week on thursday, but there are two more presidential debates coming up, and here they are, october 16, a town hall type debate. finally, october 22, at lynn university, in florida....
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>> governor clinton. >> i support the right to keep and bear arms. i live in a state where over half the adults have hunting or fishing licenses or both. but i believe we have to have some way of checking handguns before they're sold -- to check the criminal history, the mental health history and the age of people who are buying them. therefore i support the brady bill, which would impose a national waiting period unless and until a state did what only virginia has done now which is to automate its records. once you automate your records then you don't have to have a waiting period. but at least you can check. i also think we should have, frankly, restrictions on assault weapons whose only purpose it to kill. we need to give the police a fighting chance in our urban areas where the gangs are building up. the third thing i would say doesn't bear directly on gun control but it's very important. we need more police on the street. there is a crime bill which would put more police on the street which was killed for this session by a filibuster in the sena
>> governor clinton. >> i support the right to keep and bear arms. i live in a state where over half the adults have hunting or fishing licenses or both. but i believe we have to have some way of checking handguns before they're sold -- to check the criminal history, the mental health history and the age of people who are buying them. therefore i support the brady bill, which would impose a national waiting period unless and until a state did what only virginia has done now which is...
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remember the clinton administration in. and catrina lume was providing chinese money to the bush election. they know and favor certain cand dates and they will tryy to funnel money to influence. >> this is a sophisticated of many, many systems. one of the most shocking things we found out the obama campaign owns almostt 400 do main names. the brand obama is a global brand. they don't own obama.com. >> steve: who does. >> an expatriot mysterous figure in shanghai . we found out it is anonymous. this bum but- obama.com. it is to drive international traffic to the donate page of the obama. it does not show a young kid and everything about president obama. >> gretchen: what can people do number one? do you expect to have the same results? >> we hope congress will take action . we want transparency. right now they only have to disclose contributions over $200. literally you can set up a computer program and make thousand $25. >> there is a one click puts up the basic credit card security. one click we can make transactions on li
remember the clinton administration in. and catrina lume was providing chinese money to the bush election. they know and favor certain cand dates and they will tryy to funnel money to influence. >> this is a sophisticated of many, many systems. one of the most shocking things we found out the obama campaign owns almostt 400 do main names. the brand obama is a global brand. they don't own obama.com. >> steve: who does. >> an expatriot mysterous figure in shanghai . we found out...
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they should get hillary clinton because the words she and others in libya the problem here is not getting to the bottom of the thing and the bottom of the thing is the same congressman ok they take back the they forgot their constitutional duty in insisting that before we went to war in libya that there'd be a congressional vote they ducked that and the result is that people like hillary clinton and others think they can you know fix things place in the bombers over a country. and an incident in yemen now highlights the dangers of working in a u.s. embassy in an arab country mask to gunmen how the sausage made it a yemeni head of security in the country's top of also know the attackers on a motorcycle opened fire at. car while he was on its way to work at the embassy no one has claimed responsibility for the attack that would allegedly has the hallmarks of an al qaida operation yemen has seen a number of killings and assassination attempts since the army drove islamised fighters from some southern cities. the international monetary fund's chief christine lagarde has called for greece to b
they should get hillary clinton because the words she and others in libya the problem here is not getting to the bottom of the thing and the bottom of the thing is the same congressman ok they take back the they forgot their constitutional duty in insisting that before we went to war in libya that there'd be a congressional vote they ducked that and the result is that people like hillary clinton and others think they can you know fix things place in the bombers over a country. and an incident...
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. >> you are saying hillary clinton knew that night that it was a terror attack? >> i would have to assume. i have a great regard for hillary clinton, but when something this important happens and the state department was directly involved on the ground you would think the state department officials would talk to the people there and say what did you see, what did you hear, how large as the demonstration, was there a demonstration, when did it get out of control and then they would have found out there was no demonstration. >> can we clear you have also whether or not there were requests? pause at that house hearing it seemed pretty clear even the ambassador who was slaughtered that night was in fact make a request for additional security? why is it that vice president joe biden at the vice presidential debate said flat think there were never any requests for more security? >> i think it was one more example of his erratic behavior that night to say whatever he had to say to cover up the issue. there was sworn testimony from the regional security officer saying mo
. >> you are saying hillary clinton knew that night that it was a terror attack? >> i would have to assume. i have a great regard for hillary clinton, but when something this important happens and the state department was directly involved on the ground you would think the state department officials would talk to the people there and say what did you see, what did you hear, how large as the demonstration, was there a demonstration, when did it get out of control and then they would...
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they should get hillary clinton because the words she and others did in libya the problem here is not getting to the bottom of the thing the bottom of the thing is the issue congressman ok they are the they forgot their constitutional duty in insisting that before we went to war in libya that there'd be a congressional vote they ducked and the result is that people like hillary clinton and others think they couldn't you know fix things boys and then bombers over a country. all right let's now have a look at some other international headlines masked gunmen have assassinated a yemeni worker at the u.s. embassy in the country's capital sanaa he was the head of the facility security attackers who were riding a motorcycle opened fire at. car while he was on his way to work now one has claimed responsibility for the attack though the operation allegedly as a mark of al qaida operation. the international monetary fund's chief christine legarde has called for greece to be given more time in order to meet stringent austerity deadlines it's thought that the i.m.f. has been prodding e.u. leaders
they should get hillary clinton because the words she and others did in libya the problem here is not getting to the bottom of the thing the bottom of the thing is the issue congressman ok they are the they forgot their constitutional duty in insisting that before we went to war in libya that there'd be a congressional vote they ducked and the result is that people like hillary clinton and others think they couldn't you know fix things boys and then bombers over a country. all right let's now...
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weapons sales is something that's been going on now for months will remember back to secretary of state clinton and her laughable accusations against the russian government that they were instigating a civil war by simply delivering what had already been contracted to the syrian government but as i mentioned already to demonize russia is to lend credence to the side that is in favor of intervention remember that the vetoes that russia and china put forward in the security council were not simply vetoes against what the united states wants it was an attempt to prevent war and there's no way to get around that unless you can drum up some kind of an international incident that would look like we didn't elaborate have egg on their face the interception of the syrian plane by turkish authorities as a signal that nato countries are ready for open military confrontation want to mascots that's the view of u.s. base and tom warrant of us and our analysts don de bar bunder international law this is an act of war and that turkey would be emboldened to commit this act makes me very nervous about what's goi
weapons sales is something that's been going on now for months will remember back to secretary of state clinton and her laughable accusations against the russian government that they were instigating a civil war by simply delivering what had already been contracted to the syrian government but as i mentioned already to demonize russia is to lend credence to the side that is in favor of intervention remember that the vetoes that russia and china put forward in the security council were not...
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in 1998, president clinton. he turns around and takes care of steel. in 1999, the united states government suing banks for not giving low-income people home loans which they can't afford. 2005, the bush administration tries to put through the finance reform act blocked by democrats to get us to this point to get us a crisis that we can't refuse to waste this. if you look through pieces of history, people need to look at stuff. they need to research things. to call me a liar because i am a republican is very disingenuous and a very low politics. think anyone called you a liar, but the person you are voting for is a liar. i can say that without worrying about the fact check because fact checkers all over the united states vowed that he lied about pre-existing conditions, medicare, and the multiple of issues relative to the budget. when you talk about people coming from youngstown, you opened up a new gambling area. we put people back to work in the youngstown area. i hope you do more research on that because the metropolitan area now leads the united sta
in 1998, president clinton. he turns around and takes care of steel. in 1999, the united states government suing banks for not giving low-income people home loans which they can't afford. 2005, the bush administration tries to put through the finance reform act blocked by democrats to get us to this point to get us a crisis that we can't refuse to waste this. if you look through pieces of history, people need to look at stuff. they need to research things. to call me a liar because i am a...
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in libya that there'd be a congressional vote they ducked and the result is the people like hillary clinton and others think they can fix things in the country. almost junk that's the grim verdict on spain's credit rating coming from the employer agency standard and poor's and the latest blow to the cash strapped economy s. and p. has downgraded madrid debt score but not jets but the pain in spain runs deeper than the downgrade with raging joblessness and a mountain of debt which is set to rise even more madrid recently announced a slew of new crops and tax hikes in a bid to cut the deficit we go until moved out only spanish journalist and writer says during years of economic woes the e.u. has been failing to offer an effective remedy to mention it. the problem is political is not is not the economy of course the economy looks very good but the problem in europe is that the european union doesn't work as an actual political union. v.c.s. the patches that the european union can offer instead of. well doing some soul searching trying to think how to make these mechanism work and i buy a mecha
in libya that there'd be a congressional vote they ducked and the result is the people like hillary clinton and others think they can fix things in the country. almost junk that's the grim verdict on spain's credit rating coming from the employer agency standard and poor's and the latest blow to the cash strapped economy s. and p. has downgraded madrid debt score but not jets but the pain in spain runs deeper than the downgrade with raging joblessness and a mountain of debt which is set to rise...
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secretary of state hillary clinton declared of denniston a major ally but now this controversy comes on what has changed since then. i don't know exactly what's in cars i's mind when he makes the statements that he made which are more or less true statements he may be actually just saying finally look we have to face the truth and starts to speak it it may be that he's looking past twenty fourteen and hoping to be able to continue without the army that more or less installed him on the ground there i don't know which it is but i think that hillary clinton. that was her mission accomplished moment and she really she expresses the wants and desires of the elite in the united states and not necessarily reality which makes these pronouncements mr. running out of time but just quickly tensions between the u.s. and afghanistan have you roaded in the past few months as you know as dozens of foreign soldiers were killed in the so-called green on blue attacks so what forced the local chiefs to turn their guns against a mentos i mean they they were training them they were doing good. again a s
secretary of state hillary clinton declared of denniston a major ally but now this controversy comes on what has changed since then. i don't know exactly what's in cars i's mind when he makes the statements that he made which are more or less true statements he may be actually just saying finally look we have to face the truth and starts to speak it it may be that he's looking past twenty fourteen and hoping to be able to continue without the army that more or less installed him on the ground...
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secretary of state hillary clinton praised yusdea campaign for women's rights. >> she was attacked and shot by extremists who don't want gills to have an education and don't want girls to speak for themselves and don't want girls to become leaders. >> and european union foreign policy chief kathryn ashton also denounced the attack as a vile act of aggression and an assault on basic human rights. >>> nato ministers say they're sticking to a scheduled withdrawal of combat troops from afghanistan by the end of 2014. the organization is under pressure to pull out early after a string of insider attacks against its troops. defense ministers from nato's 28 member nations met in brussels on wednesday on the final day of a two-day conference. about 3,000 nato-led soldiers are stationed in afghanistan mostly from the u.s. some nations want to speed up the pullout of the soldiers. but the meeting confirmed there will be no changes to the withdrawal plan. nato ministers insisted that afghan military and police control an area covering three quarters of the country's population. they also agreed t
secretary of state hillary clinton praised yusdea campaign for women's rights. >> she was attacked and shot by extremists who don't want gills to have an education and don't want girls to speak for themselves and don't want girls to become leaders. >> and european union foreign policy chief kathryn ashton also denounced the attack as a vile act of aggression and an assault on basic human rights. >>> nato ministers say they're sticking to a scheduled withdrawal of combat...
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if you read the conversations, the clinton tapes, he's expressing concerns and fears to clinton, and clinton is sympathetic with these things. needed a better pr organization to help him out. >> okay. by the way, is that patrick seal? >> is that patrick seal? patrick focused too much on the conspiracy theories of why certain things happened in the region. >> turning to egypt, you interviewed a lot of people in the movement. you mentioned the 1990s, obviously, where the, you know, basically the egyptians put down, and it is islamist insurgeon sigh and stapped to death, end of the movement. >> which, by the way, the leadership was against. >> the islamic -- >> in prison. >> yeah, yeah. they were much more. the question is, you know, is there any likelihood of the head of al-qaeda to resuscitate an al-qaeda-like group in egypt or other groups or egyptians gone through that in the 1990s seen as a dead end? how do you see that sort of militant movement in egypt playing out? >> here's the thing. first of all, all of the friends entered the political process. they renounced violenc okay? >>
if you read the conversations, the clinton tapes, he's expressing concerns and fears to clinton, and clinton is sympathetic with these things. needed a better pr organization to help him out. >> okay. by the way, is that patrick seal? >> is that patrick seal? patrick focused too much on the conspiracy theories of why certain things happened in the region. >> turning to egypt, you interviewed a lot of people in the movement. you mentioned the 1990s, obviously, where the, you...
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put the blame on hillary clinton? >> i'll tell you, they are good at the blame game in the white house, that's for sure. >> well, for eight days the obama administration blamed the murders on the notorious youtube videotape and an angry mob. the associated press has learned something very interesting from a state department official that said, quote, that was not our conclusion. do you suspect that the president and the white house knew the truth all along, yet deliberately sought to deceive you in congress and maybe the american people? >> that's the most logical conclusion that i can draw. again, you don't -- don't forget how serious this is. the first u.s. ambassador killed since 1979. that was the jimmy carter administration. the president has failed policy necessary the middle east and i don't think he's paying attention. he's too busy going out to campaign events and appearing on "the view" to deal with important foreign affairs. >> a columnist described the situation this way, and we'll put it up on the screen.
put the blame on hillary clinton? >> i'll tell you, they are good at the blame game in the white house, that's for sure. >> well, for eight days the obama administration blamed the murders on the notorious youtube videotape and an angry mob. the associated press has learned something very interesting from a state department official that said, quote, that was not our conclusion. do you suspect that the president and the white house knew the truth all along, yet deliberately sought...
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with the peace prize has raised many eyebrows i mean they could have given this nobel prize to bill clinton's a left testicle and it would have been more illegitimate then then giving it to a technocratic monstrosity this is like giving the prize to frankenstein for being the best monster created during the past twelve months there's only one contender for the peace prize this year and that's julian assad and the fact that he did not win this prize is will be in a terminal stain on the nobel committee no one has done more to push peace than julian assange should be getting the so war from this committee the fact that they turn to a bunch of machines and technocrats and the a hero is an embarrassment they should go back to making dynamite this award is even more questionable to some because of the e.u. is rather dubious peacemaking record and that. moreover the current financial turmoil is the biggest danger to peace europe has been bombing libya europe has been bombing syria europe isn't bombing afghanistan or iraq yugoslavia a few years ago yes it's because they're trying to say ok guys we'r
with the peace prize has raised many eyebrows i mean they could have given this nobel prize to bill clinton's a left testicle and it would have been more illegitimate then then giving it to a technocratic monstrosity this is like giving the prize to frankenstein for being the best monster created during the past twelve months there's only one contender for the peace prize this year and that's julian assad and the fact that he did not win this prize is will be in a terminal stain on the nobel...
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gore narrowly won that and so did clinton. record 3-1-1. in 2000 and '04, dick cheney dispatched his opponents. and in '08 palin outdid expectations but biden clearly won as did obama pushing the record to 6-1-1. five times in a row and six out of eight that the winner of the vp debate has gone on to win the election. various people in the media have wanted to declare this war over hundreds of times. no
gore narrowly won that and so did clinton. record 3-1-1. in 2000 and '04, dick cheney dispatched his opponents. and in '08 palin outdid expectations but biden clearly won as did obama pushing the record to 6-1-1. five times in a row and six out of eight that the winner of the vp debate has gone on to win the election. various people in the media have wanted to declare this war over hundreds of times. no
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, i remember a former clinton staffer st. i really want to be more forceful about whatever issue is bothering her, but you have this note, the thing that i don't want to challenge. so it lasted throughout the whole campaign through the different bumps, but reforms that we went through as a campaign and the desperate crises we went through together. it was more than just that. it was not just about our culture. he actually gave us an idea of the kind of person we should have on the campaign. the type of person we should hire, which was important for me as a manager. now i am not just hiring people with long resumes with certain skills sense, i am hiring a type of person, no drama, respect, build it from the bottom up. it really did change the face of our organization more than anything. i remember having a conversation much later with my old mentor from harvard named david, why give all the credit helping me get ready for the five years i spent with obama on the campaign. he asked me to meet for coffee or drink after work late
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is the machine choice is as far as far sickle i mean they could have given this nobel prize to bill clinton's left testicle and it would have been more legitimate then then giving it to a technocratic monstrosity this is like giving the prize to frankenstein for being the best monster created during the past twelve months where they go from here or they're going to give it to next i mean they're going to give it to a genetically modified seed in india where farmers are killing themselves by the thousands because of companies like monsanto give it two months out till next year nobel committee i mean your track record for giving this prize to warmongers of bank stars and corporate fascists is becoming quite impressive mag's well this award give any kind of economic boost to the union and sort of help it out of the pit that it's in. no absolutely not the european union all along they want to create a new super bank take the power from the e.c.b. run it out of brussels and impose a new debt for junk scheme rolling up all the toxic debt into a new super european central bank to impose more austeri
is the machine choice is as far as far sickle i mean they could have given this nobel prize to bill clinton's left testicle and it would have been more legitimate then then giving it to a technocratic monstrosity this is like giving the prize to frankenstein for being the best monster created during the past twelve months where they go from here or they're going to give it to next i mean they're going to give it to a genetically modified seed in india where farmers are killing themselves by the...
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democratic reform or human rights reform or anything like that is a massive problem for people like hillary clinton and william hague and washington d.c. barack obama they can't tolerate any sort of arab spring in a country like bahrain all right live from london with his thoughts on breaking news coming out of bahrain geo political analyst patrick henningsen thank you patrick. russia's demanding information from turkey on its claims there were russian made munitions on board the syrian passenger plane that was forced to land and on caught on a turkish premier says the cargo was destined for the syrian armed forces but provided no details as to what exactly it contained or who was responsible for it parties are in a ghost clothes following a story. syria called the statement made by the turkish prime minister absolutely true again that turkish officials insist that the plane coming from moscow to syria will hearing russian made technological equipment to the airport for origin in moscow was absolutely adamant in saying that every cargo which leaves is being checked for security and they did not fin
democratic reform or human rights reform or anything like that is a massive problem for people like hillary clinton and william hague and washington d.c. barack obama they can't tolerate any sort of arab spring in a country like bahrain all right live from london with his thoughts on breaking news coming out of bahrain geo political analyst patrick henningsen thank you patrick. russia's demanding information from turkey on its claims there were russian made munitions on board the syrian...
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. >>> bill clinton rallied for four democrats in california house races today at uc davis. he hopes to help them keep their seats and boost the efforts of two others as they try to unseat incumbent gop congressmen. >> we don't need any lectures on beingself reliant. we need a road map to a brighter future and these guy also give to you. i want you to vote for all of them. they represent america. >> reporter: all four races are in the greater sacramento area about 5,000 students and supporters came to the rally. for more information on the candidates and the four races head to ktvu.com. 13450 a teen accused in a shooting, the theft of a car was in court today. one of the alleged victims described what it was like looking down the barrel of a gun. >> reporter: he said he put his arm up and ducked as quickly as possible. the teen suspect was a subject of an attempted jail break out of juvenile hall this summer and because of that his hearing today included extra security including a second metal detector put at the entrance of the courtroom. >> we are -- after the shooting hap
. >>> bill clinton rallied for four democrats in california house races today at uc davis. he hopes to help them keep their seats and boost the efforts of two others as they try to unseat incumbent gop congressmen. >> we don't need any lectures on beingself reliant. we need a road map to a brighter future and these guy also give to you. i want you to vote for all of them. they represent america. >> reporter: all four races are in the greater sacramento area about 5,000...
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i'm struck by the fact that the two most important performances of this campaign-- bill clinton's and mitt romney's in that debate-- were the two wonkiests. somehow i think in a moment of great cynicism people like to be talked to in a serious powerpoint sort of way in which a lot of us in the media think oh, it's over their heads, they'll be bored. >> pelley: but don't be folksy? >> i wouldn't go too far away from the statistics and data which is ryan's home turf. >> the difference is bill clinton used the word arithmetic i've never heard paul ryan use the word arithmetic. arithmetic is a word understood by people who only went to the sixth grade or people with ph.d.s. it's one thing to be wonky and not to do it in obscure language that's off putting. i do think as well that the question of the vice president is always, judy, he's mr. august when he's chosen. joe lieberman was a popular choice in 2000 but the real test is mr. october, what he does in this debate. paul ryan was a popular choice among many conservatives but this is his moment of truth. and there's going to be a lot of
i'm struck by the fact that the two most important performances of this campaign-- bill clinton's and mitt romney's in that debate-- were the two wonkiests. somehow i think in a moment of great cynicism people like to be talked to in a serious powerpoint sort of way in which a lot of us in the media think oh, it's over their heads, they'll be bored. >> pelley: but don't be folksy? >> i wouldn't go too far away from the statistics and data which is ryan's home turf. >> the...